Icon to appear only while AI performing function.

[Diana (Cda)]

I just can't seem to wrap my brain around this one. I'm constantly having trouble with While and Wend.

What I need is for the generic AI tray icon not to appear. Got that covered with the usual "#NoTrayIcon". Then while the script is performing the close, to have a specific icon appear. I've got the code for that, too, in "TraySetIcon". But what's needed is to ahve the icon disappear while it goes into wait mode for 10 minutes, then pop back into the systray while the script is working, that's what I can't seem to be able to do.

Here's the script as it stands now:

;
; AutoIt v3.0
;
#NoTrayIcon     ; AutoIt's icon doesn't show in systray
TraySetIcon(@ScriptDir & "\PUAC- CLOSE MSN Messenger (-snd) (loops).ico")


While 1

    ;===== Close MP3Radio.exe ======================================
    While ProcessExists ( "msmsgs.exe" )
        ProcessClose ( "msmsgs.exe" )
    WEnd
    ;===============================================================

Sleep (600000)     ; [10 minutes]  ...  Sleep for 60,000 units = 1 minute / 30,000=30 seconds / 15,000=15 seconds / 10,000=10 seconds / 5,000=5 seconds

WEnd

No matter where I end up inserting the "TraySetIcon", it either appears permanently, or not at all. So I ended up just sticking it back at the top.

I know that the process probably takes a blink of an eye, so I added a "Sleep(2500)" after the "TraySetIcon" during each test. But no matter what I do, the icon either always stays visible or doesn't appear at all in the systray.

Help!!

[monoceres]

if you use Opt("TrayIconHide",0/1) then you can change how to trayicon is shown under execution

[Diana (Cda)]

Damn, damn, damn. Okay, still not getting this to work.

Thanks. A new term learned. I didn't know this code. I suspect it'll come in handy in future, _once_ I learn how to use it (esp. in While ... Wend situations).

Why isn't this working? I've put the codes every which place I can think of and although I haven't gotten errors yet, neither is it working. Here's the last test and where I put everything:

;
; AutoIt v3.0
;
;#NoTrayIcon     ; AutoIt's icon doesn't show in systray
Opt("TrayIconHide",0/1)


While 1
TraySetIcon(@ScriptDir & "\PUAC- CLOSE MSN Messenger (-snd) (loops).ico")

    ;===== MSN Messenger ============================================
    While ProcessExists ( "msmsgs.exe" )
        ProcessClose ( "msmsgs.exe" )
    WEnd
    ;================================================================

Sleep (180000)     ; [3minutes]  ...  Sleep for 60,000 units = 1 minute / 30,000=30 seconds / 15,000=15 seconds / 10,000=10 seconds / 5,000=5 seconds

WEnd

I put the "Opt("TrayIconHide",0/1)" at the top like this, and in other places, as well as changing where I put the "TraySetIcon" but still no go. In the case above, the icon shows in the systray all the time still <sigh>.

Anyway, thanks.

[monoceres]

I wrote 1/0 because that's the options (1=show 0=hide)

[DaveF]

This code:

TraySetIcon(@ScriptDir & "\PUAC- CLOSE MSN Messenger (-snd) (loops).ico")

...tells AutoIt to change the tray icon to whatever this icon file is, and so AutoIt takes it for granted that if the icon is hidden that you want to show it; with your script the way it is you're telling AutoIt to hide the tray icon at first and then immediately bring it back.

[Diana (Cda)]

Okay, so _what_, then, can be done? I have a specific icon here and not the generic AI one which is why I'm using that particular syntax. How do I tell AI to use that icon but wink it out, then, pls in between while it's looping??

I know I know so little and the only difference between me and the average dumb user out on the street is that I continue to persevere. Call me stubborn or call me deteremined, whatever. I have come to the conclusion with AutoIt that most programming may be beyond me. Yet I can work with code once I know what it is and how to get a piece of code to work.

How can we make the above to function, pls, pls, pls????

Signed: "Frustrated as Hell, Over Here"

[Diana (Cda)]

I wrote 1/0 because that's the options (1=show 0=hide)

Oh, just saw your message. Sorry, missed this. I looked this up in the help file and couldn't find it, so that's why I didn't know to change it. And in SciTE no prompts came up for this.

So, I changed to this:

Opt("TrayIconHide",0)     ;  options 0/1:  0 = hides, 1 = show

Still, I'm not getting this to work, so problem lies elsewhere.

Thanks.

[DaveF]

When dealing with the AutoIt Opt options, the first parameter (the option name) is suggestive of what the option does ("TrayIconHide"). When you call the Opt function with a second parameter of 1 you're telling AutoIt "I want this option to apply" (hide the tray icon).

Example:

Dim $count

For $count = 1 To 10
    If Mod($count, 2) Then
        TraySetIcon(@SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 13)
    Else
        TraySetIcon()
        Opt("TrayIconHide",1)
    EndIf
    Sleep(1000)
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